Patents by Inventor David H. FEDER

David H. FEDER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Persistent progress over a connected device network and interactive and continuous storytelling via data input from connected devices
    Patent number: 10974139
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for affect a virtual world based n available electronic devices. A control node identifies electronic devices present within a physical environment. Embodiments detect a device type of a first electronic device and determine an API implemented by the first electronic device, based on the detected device type of the first electronic device. Electronic messages are transmitted to the first electronic device, via the one or more data communications networks. The electronic messages are formatted according to the determined API. One or more actions are determined for a first user for a first computer game, based on data received from the first electronic device via the one or more data communications networks, and a game state for the first computer game is updated, based on performance of the one or more actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Feder, Thomas M. Dekeyser, Nina W. Chai, Alif Khalfan
  • PERSISTENT PROGRESS OVER A CONNECTED DEVICE NETWORK AND INTERACTIVE AND CONTINUOUS STORYTELLING VIA DATA INPUT FROM CONNECTED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190134501
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for affect a virtual world based n available electronic devices. A control node identifies electronic devices present within a physical environment. Embodiments detect a device type of a first electronic device and determine an API implemented by the first electronic device, based on the detected device type of the first electronic device. Electronic messages are transmitted to the first electronic device, via the one or more data communications networks. The electronic messages are formatted according to the determined API. One or more actions are determined for a first user for a first computer game, based on data received from the first electronic device via the one or more data communications networks, and a game state for the first computer game is updated, based on performance of the one or more actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: David H. FEDER, Thomas M. DEKEYSER, Nina W. CHAI, Alif KHALFAN